Our mission is to empower our Community and its leaders through community organizing, relationship building, skill development, education, and civic engagement.

The Ezekiel Project is an interfaith interracial, congregation-centered organization that addresses social justice issues and moves for systemic change within the Great Lakes Bay Region. We are led by a board with clergy and lay representatives from our member congregations. We are a part of the Gamaliel Network, a network of community organizing projects which connects Ezekiel to similar organizations across the nation. The Network provides training, program assistance, and professional development.

​ Our goal is to empower people through organization, relationship building, skill development, education, and the belief to transform communities with advocacy and activism, which includes:

• Actively assists the growth of member organizations numerically and spiritually• Actively utilize the unified power of the community to change adverse conditions on specific issues of concern• Promote active involvement of all people in the community in planning and implementing the goals and objectives• Provide training for leadership roles in the community• Works to empower people to have a greater say in decisions that affect their lives.

- The Ezekiel Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

~ Ezekiel's Justice Task Forces ~

Criminal Justice & Reform Task ForceFocuses on both informing and empowering the community through acts of systematic and institutional changes. We continue to uphold these ideals by working with local organizations and local civic leaders. We are currently working on 'Raise the Age' campaign and Smart Justice. ​Economic Justice Task ForceFocuses on informing the public about issues that directly and indirectly affect Saginaw and other surrounding areas socioeconomic influxes such as unemployment, fair wages, paid sick time, and more. We believe in empowering citizens by educating them on matters dealing with economic policies and through this acquired knowledge provide them the tools to enact change in their community. We have partnered with EJAM and other statewide organizations to accomplish these goals.

Education Task Force​Focuses on full and fair funding of the Michigan education system. We have partnered with the Saginaw Public School District (SPSD) on a number of occasions resulting in a positive response from not only the Saginaw area but also the State. These collaborations include a red-carpet event held on the first day of school to welcome back students, especially at the District’s priority schools as well as the LEGO program meant to increase reading comprehension amongst 3rd grade students.

Environmental Justice Task Force Focuses on ensuring the community is clean, healthy, and has accessible resources. We use a very engaging and proactive approach to achieving a more sustainable and environmentally friendly Saginaw. We are currently working on cleaning up and converting abandoned lots and other neighborhood blight as well as facing problems concerning the food deserts in our community.

​Heath & Social Justice Task ForceFocuses on seven principles: affordability, awareness, availability, acceptability, adequacy, appropriateness, and accessibility when dealing with the healthcare system. We believe these key components should be tangible for all potential patients regardless of their race, religious practices, or socioeconomic standing. As well as ensuring that the civil rights of immigrants are upheld.

Youth for Social Change Task Force From ages 13 - 24 years old this task force is an assembly of young minds from the local Bay Area who actively seek a change in their community. This task force is the most recent established edition to the Ezekiel Project and future events are TBD.